Stack sizes and stack allocation

[Kees Jan Koster]

Dear Jenny,

>> Conversely, if stack allocation calls for too many objects to be allocated on the stack, does the JVM throw a stack overflow error, or fall back to heap allocation?
> No. When escape analysis is enabled, some heap objects might be put on stack though.

Just so I understand correctly: imagine escape analysis is enabled. For a certain bit of code, the escape analysis logic decides that a certain heap object can be allocated on the stack.

If the stack size is too small for that object, does the JVM throw a stack overflow error, or does the JVM allocate the object on the heap instead?

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